JEAN BAPTISTE CLESINGER (French, 1814-1883)

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JEAN BAPTISTE CLESINGER (French, 1814-1883)

'La Dame aux roses', A Bronze Bust of a Young Woman

inscribed 'J. CLESINGER.', 'CH. DE MARNYHAC. Fondeur', stamped '4. RUE DE LA PAIX' and impressed with the Bronze Artistique de Paris seal
26½in. (67.3cm.) high, greenish brown patina

Literature

J.B. Speed Art Museum, Nineteenth Century Sculpture: Monuments for the Middle Class, Louisville, Kentucky, November 2-December 5, 1971, p. 99, cat. no. 34
A. Pingeot, A. Le Normand-Romain and L. de Margerie, Musée d'Orsay: Catalogue sommaire illustré des sculpteurs, Paris, 1986, p. 100, RF. 1781

Lot Essay

The original marble of La Dame aux roses dates from 1867 (Pingeot et al, p, 100). The Louvre acquired a bronze example of this bust, with similar inscriptions to the present example, from Clesinger's atelier sale in 1923 (now in the Musée d'Orsay).